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Its hilliness will make it testing and horses will find the narrowness of the path they have to thread between the trees claustrophobic.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

The invalids and animals have improved during their stay here, and we start this morning on about our last bearing generally, although we cannot go direct from the hilliness of the country.

From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by McKinlay, John

The hilliness of the country forced them to travel slowly, and it seemed to Odo that hours had elapsed before they saw lights in the valley below them.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith